The Second Whip Explains
The Second Whip Explains Now, gatherin’ ‘ounds is a job I like W’en the winter day draws in, W’en shadows are lyin’ by every dyke An’ […]
READ MOREThe Shadow On The Blind
The Shadow On The Blind Last night I walked among the lamps that gleamed, And saw a shadow on a window blind, A moving shadow; and […]
READ MOREThe Stable Path
The Stable Path The last red rose on the arch has faded, The border has mourned for its last white flower; The dahlias droop where the […]
READ MOREThe Straight Goer
The Straight Goer The ringing, hanging hen-roost thief-we have no use for him; When they tear him up and eat him not a single eye grows […]
READ MOREThe True Sportsman
The True Sportsman The real ones, the right ones, the straight ones and the true, The pukka, peerless sportsmen-their numbers are but few; The men who […]
READ MOREThe Veteran
The Veteran He asks no favour from the Field, no forward place demands Save what he claims by fearless heart and light and dainty hands; No […]
READ MORETo One of our wounded
To One of our wounded Old Man, by your broad contented grin And the gleam in your quiet eyes, You are back with ‘Jorrocks’ and ‘Binjimin’ […]
READ MORETom Moody
Tom Moody Death had beckoned with grisly hand To the finest Whip in hunting-land. ‘ My time is short,’ Tom Moody said, ‘ Master, when I […]
READ MOREWar Heel!
War Heel! Thrusters are steadying; hounds at a loss, Checked at the stile leading into the lane, Feel for it forward and feather across, Keen to […]
READ MOREWind O’ The Autumn
Wind O’ The Autumn I love you, wind o’ the Autumn, that came from I know not where, To lead me out of the toiling world […]
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